Guy With a Cat on his Head, Upper West Side MondoBeno 2008-08-06 | This guy walks around Manhattan with his cat on his head, hustling cash from people (way to go, genius). The guy's name is Charlie. That cat's name is Nicolas.
Abandoned Property-West Long Branch New Jersey MondoBeno 2009-05-05 | This is a part of West Long Branch that was marked for "urban renewal" that never arrived. The stores, restaurants, and other buildings have been empty for years.
Raccoon, Central Park New York City MondoBeno 2009-02-13 | Raccoons have made a comeback in New York City. I shot these in September 2008, by the pond in Central Park (it's right above 96th street).
Abandoned Houses, New Jersey (Deal / Long Branch) MondoBeno 2009-02-13 | Deal, New Jersey (about five minutes from Long Branch). These houses were begun around 2005. When I shot the video in the summer of 2008, only one had been rented. The rest were unsold, and some weren't even finished because the builders went bust.The whole block ism now deserted.
Peregrine Falcon-New York City MondoBeno 2009-02-11 | Union Square, Manhattan. The quality is lousy, but you can see the Peregrine Falcon in the tree at the top. Usually they're in Central Park, but today they were much farther downtown.
Filthy Bathroom, Astor Place, Manhattan MondoBeno 2009-02-11 | This is the bathroom in the Kinko's on Astor Place.
Filthy Bathroom Union Square MondoBeno 2009-02-11 | Here's another one from January 22 2009. The whole thing is painted over in dull black. There's almost no visible graffiti left. What I don't understand is that the Virgin music store let people mark up the bathroom wall for years, and obviously they wanted it that way because they wanted the store to be "hip" (it worked; the place is a hangout for NYU students). So why are they painting over the graffiti now?
Filthy Bathroom Union Square MondoBeno 2009-01-20 | June 16th 2008, walls are painted black. All the old graffiti is obliterated, but there's more to come.
Filthy Bathroom Union Square MondoBeno 2009-01-20 | June 27th, 2008. The walls are now painted black.
Filthy Bathroom Union Square Virgin Store MondoBeno 2009-01-20 | This was shot back in February 2008, after my other video of the same bathroom.
13 Year Old Guitar Prodigy, Manhattan MondoBeno 2008-08-13 | I saw this kid on Broadway on the Upper West Side.
Long Branch, NJ, old run-down buidings MondoBeno 2008-08-13 | I shot this in July 2008. I don't know if these houses are still occupied. The whole area seems empty, and keep in mind, this was in the summer, when kids are usualy running loose.
Filthy Bathroom in Union Square MondoBeno 2007-11-18 | Here's the bathroom of the Virgin Music Store in Union Square, Manhattan. I'm facing a cultural dillema; is this bathroom a canvas for important street art, or is is just another grafiti-scrawled restroom that needs to be whitewashed?
